Individual standard breastfeeding education was provided. After the training, they experienced the first breastfeeding simulation in a hospital environment for 5 minutes with virtual reality glasses. A week later (37. during the gestational week), they experienced the second breastfeeding simulation in a home environment for 5 minutes with virtual reality glasses. They completed the Prenatal Breastfeeding Self-efficacy Scale (final test). Finally, 1 after giving birth. and 2. they completed the Primiparous Breastfeeding Motivation Scale between months. Opinions were obtained from pregnant women who wanted to express their opinions about the virtual reality glasses breastfeeding simulation experiences.

Before starting the study, pregnant women who will be included in the control group according to the inclusion criteria and randomization were informed by the researcher about the study. At the beginning of the study, the control group (36. during the week of pregnancy) pregnant women filled out the Socio-Demographic and Pregnancy Information Form, Prenatal Breastfeeding Self-efficacy Scale (pre-test). Then, individual standard breastfeeding training was given. A week later (37. during the week of pregnancy), they completed the Prenatal Breastfeeding Self-efficacy Scale (final test). Finally, 1 after giving birth. and 2. they completed the Primiparous Breastfeeding Motivation Scale between months.

breastfeeding simulation with virtual reality glasses

The Prenatal Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale was developed by Wells and colleagues in 2006. The validity and reliability study of the scale in Turkish was conducted by Aydın and Pasinlioğlu in 2018. The scale consists of 20 items and is 5-point likert type. The lowest score to be taken from the scale is 20 and the highest score is 100. An increase in the score obtained from the scale indicates an increase in the perception of breastfeeding self-efficacy. The Cronbach Alpha value of the scale is 0.85.

The adaptation of the Breastfeeding Motivation Scale developed by Kestler-Peleg (2015) to Turkish was carried out by Mızrak and Özerdogan in 2017. The scale for primiparous mothers consists of 23 items. Items are scored as 1, 2, 3, 4. The total score is not taken from the scale. As the score obtained from the sub-dimension of the scale increases, the motivation representing that sub-dimension also increases. The Cronbach alpha value of the scale is 0.887.